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March 7, 2022 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

VMP Philadelphia Intl Anthology

The legacy of Philadelphia International Records is as mighty as the famous three men most associated with the label: co-founders and songwriter-producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and songwriter-producer-conductor-arranger Thom Bell.  The three men didn't do it alone, though; the PIR story involves the dozens of talented artists, musicians, songwriters, producers, and arrangers who passed through the doors of engineer Joe Tarsia's Sigma Sound Studios on North 12th Street in Philadelphia,

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Billy Paul, Dexter Wansel, Gamble and Huff, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Leon Huff, Lou Rawls, MFSB, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees, Thom Bell

September 14, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

VMP Philadelphia Intl Anthology

Sony Music's celebration of Philadelphia International Records' 50th anniversary has so far encompassed a new, vinyl-only series of hits collections as well as the first two releases in the ongoing complete albums series of CD box sets from the U.K.'s Snapper/United Souls label.  Now, a major component of the golden anniversary celebration for the house that Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff built has been announced by the Vinyl Me, Please record club. VMP Anthology: The Story of Philadelphia

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Billy Paul, Dexter Wansel, Gamble and Huff, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, MFSB, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees

September 29, 2020 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

TheJonesGirls WereAMelody Essential pl

On November 6, Real Gone Music will release what's sure to be the most definitive collection of The Jones Girls' most beloved hits. remixes, and sought-after rarities.  We're A Melody: The Essential Jones Girls brings together all of the sisters' most successful singles for Philadelphia International Records and RCA. Though these weren't the trio's first recordings - they'd cut sides for GM, Music Merchant, Paramount, and Curtom dating back to 1970 - the songs from this period saw Brenda,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel, The Jones Girls

July 6, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Jean Carne Dont Let It Go to Your Head

Cherry Red's SoulMusic imprint has recently continued its series of artist anthologies with a pair of double-disc sets from two great ladies of soul-jazz: Jean Carne and Marlena Shaw.  Today, we're taking a look at Jean Carne's collection! Jean Carne (also known as Jean Carn, though we'll continue to use her preferred spelling with an "e") has recorded for a variety of labels in a 45-plus year career: first, as part of a soul-jazz duo with her then-husband Doug Carn at his Black Jazz Records,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel, Glenn Jones, Grover Washington Jr., Jean Carne, Michael Henderson, Norman Connors

August 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Dexter Wansel Anthology

Are you ready to blast off?  With the August 5 release of Dexter Wansel's Stargazer: The Philadelphia International Records Anthology 1976-1980, Big Break Records is headed for the stars.  Wansel was one of the brightest lights of PIR's "Mk. II" period, releasing four criminally underrated LPs on the label.  His work as an artist, songwriter, arranger and producer pushed the envelope of Philly soul, bringing in elements of jazz fusion and even progressive rock.  Stargazer brings together all of

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel

April 9, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

dexter wansel captured

Welcome to our second feature today spotlighting artists of the Philadelphia International label!  First we looked at The O'Jays' pre-PIR period!  Now it's time to look at a lost post-PIR album from Dexter Wansel! Philadelphia-born Dexter Wansel made quite an impression in the City of Brotherly Love, becoming one of the leading lights of the Gamble and Huff organization's "second golden age" of 1976-1983 and playing a key role in shaping the latter-day Sound of Philadelphia.  A keyboard

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dexter Wansel, The Jones Girls

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